The role of bone SPECT/CT in the evaluation of lumbar spinal fusion with metallic fixation devices

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-236

  Damgaard, Morten ^a   Nimb, Lars ^a   Madsen, Jan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pedicle screws; Scintigraphy; Spondylodesis

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; PAIN; PEDICLE SCREW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLODESIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949958654     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181d18cdd     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Martin BI, Mirza SK, Comstock BA, et al. Are lumbar spine reoperation rates falling with greater use of fusion surgery and new surgical technology? Spine. 2007;32:2119-2126.
2. Waddell G, Kummel EG, Lotto WN, et al. Failed lumbar disc surgery and repeat surgery following industrial injuries. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1979;61: 201-207.
3. Rutherford EE, Tarplett LJ, Davies EM, et al. Lumbar spine fusion and stabilization: hardware, techniques, and imaging appearances. Radiographics. 2007;27:1737-1749.
4. McMaster MJ, Merrick MV. The scintigraphic assessment of the scoliotic spine after fusion. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1980;62-B:65-72.
5. Lusins JO, Danielski EF, Goldsmith SJ. Bone SPECT in patients with persistent back pain after lumbar spine surgery. J Nucl Med. 1989;30:490-496.
6. Gates GF, McDonald RJ. Bone SPECT of the back after lumbar surgery. Clin Nucl Med. 1999;24:395-403.
7. Even-Sapir E, Martin RH, Mitchell MJ, et al. Assessment of painful late effects of lumbar spinal fusion with SPECT. J Nucl Med. 1994;35:416-422.
8. Slizofski WJ, Collier BD, Flatley TJ, et al. Painful pseudarthrosis following lumbar spinal fusion: detection by combined SPECT and planar bone scintigraphy. Skeletal Radiol. 1987;16:136-141.
9. Gates GF. SPECT bone scanning of the spine. Semin Nucl Med. 1998;28: 78-94.
10. Larsen JM, Rimoldi RL, Capen DA, et al. Assessment of pseudarthrosis in pedicle screw fusion: a prospective study comparing plain radiographs, flexion/extension radiographs, CT scanning, and bone scintigraphy with operative findings. J Spinal Disord. 1996;9:117-120.
11. Lusins J. SPECT evaluation of lumbar spinal fusion: will it make the medal round? J Nucl Med. 1994;35:422-424.
12. Tokuhashi Y, Matsuzaki H, Oda H, et al. Clinical course and significance of the clear zone around the pedicle screws in the lumbar degenerative disease. Spine. 2008;33:903-908.
13. BuchbinDer R, Osborne RH, Ebeling PR, et al. A randomized trial of vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:557-568.
14. Kallmes DF, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ, et al. A randomized trial of vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures. N Engl J Med. 2009;361: 569-579.